11-27  每日一词 hurdle

hurdle”是可数名词，本意是“栏架”，常被引申义是“障碍”

hurdle 前面经常搭配的动词除了上面的 jump over，还有 clear、overcome等。比如创业会面临一系列的挑战，例如融资、招人、持续增长等。

例句

1、To run a start-up, one needs clear a series of hurdles, and securing enough funding is simply one of them.

2、Every entrepreneur has to clear the financial hurdle to get their project started.

3、When Didi, a Chinese cab-hailing app, first started, it had to overcome the regulatory hurdle.

搭配

1、形容词first /big /final

2、动词 overcome/jump/face/pass/clear

翻译

It’s a big hurdle  that most Chinese students must face to pass the TOEF test, applying for studying in US.